Senior Category Manager - Clinical Digital Solutions

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Would you like to join an ambitious procurement collaborative organisation to support with the development and implementation of ambitious strategies in the Clinical Digital Solutions category team? This is a crucial role in a small team, focused on delivering category expertise, within the wider LPP organisation, which is entirely dedicated to supporting NHS organisations achieve excellent procurement outcomes.

We are striving to enhance our category strategies through innovation, market knowledge and collaborative relationships with operational and senior level stakeholders. A developed understanding of public sector procurement, experience of end-to-end projects and experience of managing senior stakeholders is essential. In addition, we would like you to have some Digital procurement experience and be familiar with running and leading on complex end to end procurement processes.

We provide consultancy services to external NHS organisations and the role also involves promotion of these services and the delivery element once secured. You will always work as part of a team and be fully supported, but you must be independent and comfortable making decisions and offering advice on procurement process, regulations, and best practise

Main duties of the job

This role is key to driving savings and revenue generation activity, as the category strategies and plans will be instrumental in attracting new customers and maximising uptake to NHS LPP contracts both regionally and nationally. You will provide advice and guidance to external colleagues on our framework and DPS agreements and be able to explain the benefits and access arrangements, whilst always looking for ways to enhance and innovate. You will take a lead on developing new routes to market and for the management of existing agreements and take responsibility for monitoring uptake and usage. This will involve regular communication with NHS external colleagues and suppliers. In addition, the role requires you to work directly with NHS Trust teams on complex digital projects and to be the procurement lead and advisor, through-out the process.

The role will require an ability to work alongside both external operational teams as well as board level management on a regional and national basis to drive collaboration and provide strategic Clinical Digital Solutions procurement expertise.

We welcome applications from people with a can-do attitude and energetic, innovative approach. If you are calm under pressure, comfortable working to deadlines and enjoy working with external customers to deliver good procurement outcomes, in an exciting and developing category, we would like to hear from you.

About us

Please note that as an organisation NHS LPP has been hosted by Guy's & St Thomas' (GSTT) NHS Foundation Trust since 2012 and provides the legal framework and supporting services under which NHS LPP operates. However, NHS LPP is a membership organisation funded and governed by its members and not GSTT. NHS LPP staff are employed by GSTT.

NHS LPP develops and manages collaborative procurement projects on behalf of its members including acute, community and mental health trusts, as well as CCGs. NHS LPP has a number of members outside of London. This role requires the postholder to manage collaborative procurement within the normal NHS membership but also working with other public sector bodies, advising and managing their procurement processes to deliver benefit to the wider public sector. The organisation will continue to develop as a centre of commercial excellence that delivers significant and sustainable cost and service improvements to all stakeholders primarily in the London NHS economy but also outside London.

Date posted

28 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,718 to £76,271 a year p.a inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

196-COF9884-S

Job locations

India House

Curlew Street

London

SE1 2ND

Job description

Job responsibilities

Research into supply and customer markets in support of development of strategic sourcing strategies
Co-ordinating research activity to support development of strategic sourcing strategies
Initiation of research projects in support of development of strategies
Surveys are undertaken to assess the suitablity of potential products. Surveys are also undertaken of the market place in which the category operates to enable informed decisions on future contracts

Job description

Job responsibilities

Research into supply and customer markets in support of development of strategic sourcing strategies
Co-ordinating research activity to support development of strategic sourcing strategies
Initiation of research projects in support of development of strategies
Surveys are undertaken to assess the suitablity of potential products. Surveys are also undertaken of the market place in which the category operates to enable informed decisions on future contracts

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or appropriate professional institute or relevant experience
Continuous professional development (CPD)
Procurement Procedures workshops
Account management skills training
Recognised advanced computer training courses

Desirable

Masters or equivalent plus senior specialist procurement knowledge and experience
Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner)

Experience

Essential

Understanding of NHS, wider public procurement and commercial world
Senior specialist commercial / industry experience in procurement and supply in a senior management role

Skills

Essential

People Management - the ability to manage, influence and lead people who may or may not be direct reports
Time Management - the ability to manage and priorities project activities and the workload of the Business Unit.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or appropriate professional institute or relevant experience
Continuous professional development (CPD)
Procurement Procedures workshops
Account management skills training
Recognised advanced computer training courses

Desirable

Masters or equivalent plus senior specialist procurement knowledge and experience
Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner)

Experience

Essential

Understanding of NHS, wider public procurement and commercial world
Senior specialist commercial / industry experience in procurement and supply in a senior management role

Skills

Essential

People Management - the ability to manage, influence and lead people who may or may not be direct reports
Time Management - the ability to manage and priorities project activities and the workload of the Business Unit.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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